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Witherite: Definition and part of speech

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Witherite

  1. n. Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Withdrawing-room: Definition and part of speech

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Withdrawing-room

  1. n. A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Withe: Definition and part of speech

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Withe

  1. n. A partition between flues in a chimney.
  2. n. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
  3. n. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
  4. n. An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Withdraw: Definition and part of speech

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Withdraw

  1. v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.
  2. v. t. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.
  3. v. t. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.